Work conversation
Today one of my co-workers was talking about her brother-in-law. She mentioned he's on Zoloft. Another co-worker started talking about how he can't understand how people can let depression "get to them". The first co-worker agreed. They have no idea how people can let depression get that bad. Then they move on to psychosis, and how one of her mom's friends used to think that people on TV were talking to her. Again, they didn't understand how people could "let that happen" to themselves.
They obviously do not know I'm bipolar. I tried to argue how it's things in people's brains that go wrong, not that people "let" it happen, but I don't think I was quite able to argue that effectively enough because I don't want to give anything away. For a split second I was ready to spill it all because I wanted to set them straight, but then I realized I will never be able to make them understand so why bother. But still it's tough to feel like I have to keep this a secret. It's a part of my life so why should I? But they have shown me today and other times that they are ignorant and I don't want to be treated unfairly. I would hope they would be nice and understanding, but I just don't know.
They obviously do not know I'm bipolar. I tried to argue how it's things in people's brains that go wrong, not that people "let" it happen, but I don't think I was quite able to argue that effectively enough because I don't want to give anything away. For a split second I was ready to spill it all because I wanted to set them straight, but then I realized I will never be able to make them understand so why bother. But still it's tough to feel like I have to keep this a secret. It's a part of my life so why should I? But they have shown me today and other times that they are ignorant and I don't want to be treated unfairly. I would hope they would be nice and understanding, but I just don't know.